The Oscars

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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

I can see that argument being made, but I don't agree with it.

That's how I feel about the information presented to support the idea that it's harder to create from scratch. I see what you're saying, and I disagree. If you have an original character (and an imagination) you can create whatever you want. You have no restrictions other than the text. You can make them sound or look or be however you want.

If you have the restrictions of a real person's voice, movement, etc, you don't have the freedom to make an easier choice, or ANY choice, in those terms. But you do have to give a layered performance with emotional responses and so on on top of all of those constrictions. In my mind (and in my acting/directing experience) this is harder.